proper well organized interference-free election in which the afghan people can elect their next president. and certainly i would be a retired president, and very happily a retired president. >> last question. my question is to mr., to you, mr. president. afghan women fear that they would be the real victim of the reconstruction process in afghanistan. what assurance can you give them that they will not suffer because of that process? >> well, the united states has been very clear, that any peace process, any reconciliation process, must be afghan-led. it is not for the united states to determine what the terms of the peace will be. but what we have been very clear about is that, from our perspective, it is not possible to reconcile without the taliban renouncing terrorism, without without them recognizing the afghan constitution. and recognizing that if there are changes that they want to make, to how the afghan government operates, then there is an orderly constitutional process to do that. you can't resort to violence? the afghan constitution protect. the rights of the afghan women. and